Police: Rutter's clerk reported gas-station drive-offs, kept money

Former Reading Township worker pleads guilty to charge.

A former Rutter's employee who stole more than $1,900 by taking money from gas sales, then reporting the customers drove off without paying, pleaded guilty this week in Adams County court.

Police say that in a two-month span Angela M. Johnson, 25, of Gettysburg, made 49 separate reports of customers driving away from a Reading Township Rutter's store without paying for gas. Rutter's opened an internal investigation because of the number of reports, all of which were made in July and August 2012, Adams County District Attorney Shawn Wagner said.

The investigation determined that the customers had paid for their gas in cash, and Johnson kept the money, he said.

In total, Johnson - who according to court documents also is known as Angela Gelwicks - was accused of stealing $1,908.84 from gas sales at the store.

Johnson appeared Monday in Adams County court and entered a guilty plea to one count of receiving stolen property. Her plea agreement with prosecutors calls for her to spend 24 months on probation, but her sentence won't be imposed until a later date.

Johnson will have to pay back the amount she admitted to stealing, and the fine she'll be ordered to pay as part of her sentence will be set by a judge.

Two theft counts and a count of tampering with records were withdrawn by prosecutors in exchange for Johnson's guilty plea.